Regina Long, 49, has been treated and discharged from Maine Medical Center in Portland, a spokesman at the hospital said Thursday. Read More
Mainers are most likely to encounter ticks while gardening and doing yard work. Don’t turn in your rake and spade just yet, though. Read More
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These are not the friendly, soil-enriching earthworm gardeners and farmers welcome on their land. Read More
The James Beard Foundation announced its list of semifinalists for the awards known as the “Oscars of the food world” on Wednesday, and 12 Maine chefs and restaurants found themselves on the list. Read More
Not for the first time, but in perhaps the greatest detail, the report portrays Maine in desperate need of improving its handling of juvenile cases. Read More
Birding is a sport that anybody can play. And as with all sports, you get better with practice. Hunting and fishing are the same way. Read More
But making your own candles with natural materials will also give you peace of mind about what you are releasing into the air around you. Read More
Maine residents can help fight the spread of invasive species. To get you started, here are just a few invasive species, distinctive in appearance, that are easy to spot in Maine. Read More
A Newport man accused of slaying his wife last month was indicted for murder Wednesday by the Penobscot County grand jury. Read More
Klobuchar is a centrist who earns praise from Republicans. This should be seen as a benefit, not a drawback at a time when both political parties too often move to their extremes and gridlock is a hallmark in Washington. Read More
Big Papi is selling tons of memorabilia from his baseball career at an estate sale scheduled for Saturday at his home in the affluent Boston suburb of Weston. Read More
It’s subzero temperatures on a Saturday, around 10 o’clock. My toes are getting exceedingly too cold in my extremely underdressed Adidas. Nearby, Steve Campbell works patiently on a 1964 model Polaris Voyager. The near 50-year-old machine isn’t starting and in a couple of hours it needs to be… Read More
In the past two decades, the practice of mindfulness and meditation has gone from being a spiritual practice done at ashrams in India, where it originated thousands of years ago, to the mainstream as the celebrities who tout its benefits. Read More
Certain factors in Maine make the struggle for sleep in the Pine Tree State unique. Read More
A practice that originated in Japan, forest bathing — “shinrin-yoku” in Japanese — is a form of therapy or healing that involves immersing and being present in nature. Read More
